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    A12 The BulleTin • Thursday, april 22, 2021
Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2021
TODAY
FRIDAY
TONIGHT
HIGH
66°
LOW
31°
Sunny to partly cloudy
and mild
Mild with intervals of
clouds and sunshine
ALMANAC
Yesterday Normal
Record
66°
58° 83° in 1986
28°
31° 10° in 1951
PRECIPITATION
24 hours through 5 p.m. yesterday
0.00"
Record
0.79" in 1980
Month to date (normal)
0.00" (0.54")
Year to date (normal)
1.18" (3.89")
Barometric pressure at 4 p.m.
29.99"
SUN, MOON AND PLANETS
Rise/Set
Today
Fri.
Sun
6:10am/7:58pm 6:09am/7:59pm
Moon
2:39pm/4:21am 3:54pm/4:49am
Mercury 6:21am/8:20pm 6:21am/8:28pm
Venus
6:32am/8:32pm 6:31am/8:35pm
Mars
9:08am/12:50am 9:07am/12:48am
Jupiter
3:49am/2:11pm 3:45am/2:08pm
Saturn 3:11am/12:56pm 3:07am/12:52pm
Uranus
6:31am/8:34pm 6:27am/8:31pm
Full
Last
New
First
Apr 26
May 3
May 11
May 19
Tonight's sky: The Lyrid meteor shower
peaks.
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
UV INDEX TODAY
10 a.m.
Noon
2 p.m.
4 p.m.
4
7
7
4
The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index ™ number,
the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 0-2 Low,
3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Very High; 11+ Extreme.
POLLEN COUNT
Trees
Very high
Source: Oregon Allergy Associates
MONDAY
53°
29°
52°
28°
Cloudy with a brief shower
or two
Cloudy and cooler
TUESDAY
Weeds
Absent
EAST: Partly sunny
Thursday with a gusty
afternoon wind. Fair
weather Thursday
night. Mostly sunny
Friday.
CENTRAL: Partly
sunny, breezy and
mild Thursday. Fair
Thursday night. Some
sun and pleasant
Friday.
WEST: Partly sunny
and cooler Thursday.
Partly cloudy Thursday
night. Mostly cloudy
and cool Friday.
Yesterday
Today
Friday
Yesterday
Today
Friday
Yesterday
Today
Friday
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
Astoria
57/47/0.00 56/45/c 56/44/c
La Grande
65/35/0.00 64/37/pc 65/43/pc
Portland
78/47/0.00 67/45/pc 65/46/c
Baker City
66/20/0.00 65/33/c 66/40/pc
La Pine
64/21/0.00 62/27/s 64/36/pc
Prineville
64/21/0.00 67/29/s 64/39/pc
Brookings
75/46/0.00 59/42/pc 54/45/c
Medford
76/42/0.00 74/40/s 74/47/pc
Redmond
68/26/0.00 67/27/s 69/39/pc
Burns
67/28/0.00 67/25/pc 67/36/pc
Newport
54/45/0.00 53/43/pc 53/43/pc
Roseburg
77/42/0.00 70/40/s 68/45/pc
North Bend
56/48/0.00 55/42/pc 55/43/c
Eugene
77/40/0.00 68/41/s 65/44/pc
Salem
78/44/0.00 66/42/s 66/43/pc
Klamath Falls
66/35/0.00 65/25/s 67/38/pc
Ontario
73/32/0.00 72/42/pc 72/47/pc
Sisters
64/27/0.00 64/28/s 69/39/pc
Lakeview
63/33/0.00 67/24/s 68/37/pc
Pendleton
69/34/0.00 69/42/pc 67/46/pc
The Dalles
78/36/0.00 68/43/s 69/48/pc
Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice, Tr-trace, Yesterday data as of 5 p.m. yesterday
NATIONAL WEATHER
-10s
WATER REPORT
As of 7 a.m. yesterday
Reservoir
Acre feet
Capacity
Crane Prairie
47250
85%
Wickiup
108536
54%
Crescent Lake
22057
25%
Ochoco Reservoir
11589
26%
Prineville
91333
61%
River fl ow
Station
Cu.ft./sec.
Deschutes R. below Crane Prairie
80
Deschutes R. below Wickiup
912
Deschutes R. below Bend
64
Deschutes R. at Benham Falls
1120
Little Deschutes near La Pine
90
Crescent Ck. below Crescent Lake
14
Crooked R. above Prineville Res.
249
Crooked R. below Prineville Res.
313
Crooked R. near Terrebonne
46
Ochoco Ck. below Ochoco Res.
8
NATIONAL
Hood
River
541-683-1577
-0s
0s
10s
20s
30s
40s
50s
60s
70s
80s
90s
100s
110s
NATIONAL
EXTREMES
YESTERDAY (for the
In inches as of 5 p.m. yesterday
Base
74-104
0-205
0-162
52-68
34-64
T-storms
Shown are today’s noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
Rain
Showers
Snow
Flurries
Ice
Warm Front
Stationary Front
Cold Front
Source: OnTheSnow.com
Gas tax
Continued from A11
Drivers would also be able to
opt out of tracking their mile-
age and pay a flat annual fee of
$400, a provision that would
expire in 2030.
The miles traveled fee and
the looming issue of finding
a way to supplement and ulti-
mately replace the gas tax isn’t
new — Oregon first started
studying that topic decades
ago. In 2001, the state created
a task force to study the issue
and subsequently led the na-
tion in adopting a pilot proj-
ect in the mid-2000s. In 2013,
the Legislature created what
became its voluntary OReGo
program that allows drivers
to opt in and pay a per-mile
charge, now 1.8 cents.
The Joint Committee on
Transportation held a public
hearing Tuesday on the pro-
posal, which was created by a
state task force formed in 2001
comprising transportation of-
ficials and advocates as well as
local and state lawmakers.
Rep. John Lively, D-Spring-
field, the bill’s sponsor and that
task force’s vice-chair, said the
legislation is intended to serve
as a starting point. “Many of us
feel we should make the transi-
tion faster than that,” he said of
the 2027 timeline.
Lively also noted that there
would be millions of cars on
the road not required to par-
ticipate. “We still have an enor-
mous amount of transition to
do,” he said.
According to some who tes-
tified before the Legislature
Tuesday, Oregon is risking los-
ing its status as a transporta-
tion innovator because the bill
as written does nothing to dis-
courage drivers from buying
gasoline-powered vehicles.
“It makes a bad situation
worse,” Angus Duncan, for-
mer chair of the Oregon Global
Warming Commission, told
lawmakers Tuesday. “It will in-
crease the cost of driving an effi-
cient vehicle while continuing to
reward drivers of gas guzzlers.”
He suggested Oregon do
what California and Washing-
ton are currently considering,
which is link a driver’s “vehicle
miles traveled” fee to a formula
that factors in the fuel effi-
ciency of their vehicle. Another
option would be to simultane-
ously increase the gas tax fur-
ther and index it to inflation.
State transportation officials
said the 2027 timeline is pred-
icated on an estimate that one-
third of new cars will meet the
30 miles per gallon or greater
threshold.
Some legislative amendments
introduced this week take stabs
at doing more. One proposal
would eliminate the fuel effi-
ciency standard and require
all drivers of new vehicles pay
the fee. Another amendment,
backed by Rep. Susan McLain,
D-Forest Grove, would elimi-
nate the fuel efficiency require-
ment while also requiring some
vehicles’ owners to pay an addi-
tional fee to reflect the damage
greenhouse gas emissions inflict
on the environment.
Vivian Satterfield, direc-
tor of strategic partnerships
at Cully-based environmental
nonprofit Verde, said the state
should do more to raise costs
for fossil-burning vehicles.
Several lawmakers echoed
the concern that drivers of high
fuel efficiency vehicles would
pay the same rate as someone
who drives significantly more
in a less efficient vehicle. “I
don’t think that’s appropriate,”
said Sen. Lynn Findley, R-Vale.
Other lawmakers expressed
concern about privacy, in-
cluding GPS tracking software
needed to report mileage.
Yesterday
City
Hi/Lo/Prec.
Abilene
55/32/0.00
Akron
42/32/0.21
Albany
45/33/0.17
Albuquerque
69/36/0.00
Anchorage
51/32/0.00
Atlanta
59/53/0.00
Atlantic City
71/55/0.16
Austin
64/42/0.00
Baltimore
68/59/Tr
Billings
51/24/0.00
Birmingham
57/43/0.00
Bismarck
59/20/0.00
Boise
65/38/0.00
Boston
72/48/0.24
Bridgeport, CT 62/49/0.36
Buffalo
37/30/0.53
Burlington, VT
36/35/0.37
Caribou, ME
41/35/0.60
Charleston, SC 83/56/0.00
Charlotte
73/52/0.00
Chattanooga
55/42/Tr
Cheyenne
32/19/0.01
Chicago
50/34/Tr
Cincinnati
45/32/0.61
Cleveland
37/32/0.62
Colorado Springs 43/27/Tr
Columbia, MO
52/28/0.04
Columbia, SC
80/52/Tr
Columbus, GA
67/52/0.00
Columbus, OH
44/32/0.32
Concord, NH
60/34/0.47
Corpus Christi
71/54/0.00
Dallas
62/37/0.00
Dayton
45/32/0.24
Denver
37/27/0.09
Des Moines
47/29/Tr
Detroit
44/29/0.13
Duluth
40/27/Tr
El Paso
75/44/0.00
Fairbanks
47/20/0.00
Fargo
56/18/Tr
Flagstaff
61/32/0.00
Grand Rapids
42/26/0.02
Green Bay
43/27/0.05
Greensboro
71/52/0.00
Harrisburg
64/57/Tr
Hartford, CT
69/40/0.13
Helena
58/23/0.00
Honolulu
85/71/0.02
Houston
72/46/0.00
Huntsville
55/38/Tr
Indianapolis
49/26/0.11
Jackson, MS
62/43/0.00
Jacksonville
84/57/0.00
Today
Hi/Lo/W
62/57/c
47/31/pc
44/32/c
70/43/pc
49/33/pc
65/46/s
51/43/pc
70/63/c
55/39/pc
57/28/s
66/44/s
64/33/s
67/41/pc
50/38/pc
51/38/pc
42/33/c
43/35/c
38/28/r
66/44/s
63/39/s
65/43/s
50/26/pc
57/42/s
52/34/pc
47/35/pc
57/35/pc
58/43/s
66/39/s
68/45/s
49/32/pc
45/32/c
74/70/pc
66/60/c
50/34/pc
49/33/pc
59/42/s
51/34/pc
59/39/s
79/56/pc
53/30/s
63/37/s
55/30/s
49/36/s
57/40/pc
59/37/pc
52/37/pc
49/34/pc
46/28/c
85/74/pc
73/65/c
64/43/s
53/36/s
70/50/pc
68/48/s
Amsterdam
Athens
Auckland
Baghdad
Bangkok
Beijing
Beirut
Berlin
Bogota
Budapest
Buenos Aires
Cabo San Lucas
Cairo
Calgary
Cancun
Dublin
Edinburgh
Geneva
Harare
Hong Kong
Istanbul
Jerusalem
Johannesburg
Lima
Lisbon
London
Madrid
Manila
51/34/pc
70/56/s
68/53/pc
99/74/pc
96/81/c
63/43/pc
72/59/s
51/38/sh
70/51/c
64/38/t
75/68/c
81/60/s
82/56/s
34/18/sn
87/77/s
53/38/s
62/34/pc
66/43/t
78/54/s
82/74/s
62/49/s
70/49/s
71/52/pc
71/64/s
68/57/pc
57/37/s
62/47/sh
93/81/c
Friday
Hi/Lo/W
84/52/t
58/40/s
57/41/s
66/43/pc
47/36/s
69/55/c
60/48/s
78/54/t
64/40/s
40/30/c
70/55/c
41/21/sf
67/50/pc
61/47/s
61/46/s
52/41/pc
56/41/pc
45/34/c
72/57/pc
67/50/pc
69/52/c
48/28/sh
56/44/pc
60/46/c
58/42/s
51/32/sh
58/50/r
72/53/c
73/58/c
59/43/pc
59/40/pc
82/69/r
75/58/t
59/46/pc
56/33/sh
56/41/c
60/43/s
50/31/c
76/53/pc
55/31/s
42/22/c
60/31/s
58/42/pc
57/41/pc
64/46/s
64/40/s
62/42/s
51/35/c
84/71/pc
77/69/t
68/52/c
58/46/pc
72/61/c
76/63/pc
City
Juneau
Kansas City
Lansing
Las Vegas
Lexington
Lincoln
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Louisville
Madison, WI
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Nashville
New Orleans
New York City
Newark, NJ
Norfolk, VA
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Orlando
Palm Springs
Peoria
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Portland, ME
Providence
Raleigh
Rapid City
Reno
Richmond
Rochester, NY
Sacramento
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Antonio
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
Santa Fe
Savannah
Seattle
Sioux Falls
Spokane
Springfi eld, MO
Tampa
Tucson
Tulsa
Washington, DC
Wichita
Yakima
Yuma
Yesterday
Hi/Lo/Prec.
56/38/0.05
49/32/Tr
43/25/0.00
78/66/0.00
44/31/0.21
49/30/Tr
62/35/0.00
66/59/0.00
50/33/0.41
46/25/0.01
57/35/Tr
88/77/0.13
41/32/0.11
43/29/Tr
54/36/0.08
69/55/0.00
68/57/0.11
75/58/Tr
79/54/0.10
59/29/0.00
48/32/Tr
85/67/0.00
82/62/0.00
50/29/Tr
73/56/0.01
93/65/0.00
40/32/0.09
60/39/0.15
70/47/0.07
77/53/0.00
46/18/0.00
66/46/Tr
75/54/0.02
36/31/0.29
79/47/0.00
53/30/0.01
58/44/0.00
70/47/0.00
64/59/Tr
64/52/0.00
69/49/0.00
61/30/0.00
83/59/0.00
73/49/0.00
50/20/0.01
68/36/0.00
52/26/0.00
86/71/0.00
87/57/0.00
61/32/0.00
69/58/Tr
53/29/0.00
75/32/0.00
87/61/0.00
Today
Hi/Lo/W
54/35/s
56/43/pc
49/35/pc
79/60/pc
52/34/pc
56/42/c
65/51/pc
64/55/sh
57/40/pc
58/40/pc
64/51/pc
83/74/t
55/42/pc
62/43/s
62/44/s
71/59/s
52/40/pc
52/39/pc
61/46/pc
57/51/r
58/42/pc
78/59/s
82/59/pc
56/41/s
52/39/pc
81/61/s
47/32/pc
44/35/c
50/36/pc
61/36/s
51/30/pc
72/41/s
60/38/pc
42/31/sf
78/47/s
59/45/s
62/45/s
69/65/c
65/58/sh
62/50/pc
68/48/s
67/35/pc
68/44/s
65/47/pc
59/41/s
64/37/sh
57/44/pc
81/63/s
81/52/s
61/52/r
56/41/pc
53/46/r
73/39/s
82/54/s
Friday
Hi/Lo/W
57/37/s
57/47/r
59/42/pc
84/60/s
60/47/s
60/39/c
62/57/r
66/54/pc
64/52/pc
52/42/c
66/56/c
83/76/sh
55/42/pc
55/38/c
68/51/pc
76/69/r
65/48/s
65/47/s
65/48/s
65/50/r
60/39/c
80/66/c
88/60/s
53/47/c
63/45/s
84/62/s
59/38/pc
57/42/pc
60/46/pc
67/45/s
43/26/r
74/48/s
64/41/s
58/40/s
77/49/s
61/51/c
63/48/sh
83/60/t
65/55/c
61/51/pc
67/48/pc
63/32/pc
74/60/pc
62/47/c
58/33/c
62/45/pc
62/51/r
85/71/pc
80/55/s
66/53/t
65/44/s
59/46/r
70/45/pc
86/57/s
104/76/0.00
84/55/0.06
35/30/0.23
43/33/0.18
79/61/0.18
88/76/0.00
88/68/0.00
77/54/0.00
45/41/0.14
36/27/0.14
65/45/0.03
79/70/0.22
63/41/0.02
73/55/0.02
72/61/0.02
55/41/0.01
82/46/0.00
75/55/0.00
90/81/0.01
59/34/0.08
68/57/0.00
88/71/0.00
74/61/0.00
73/55/0.00
37/28/0.08
59/46/0.00
64/37/0.01
63/46/0.11
104/75/pc
81/60/s
44/33/sn
59/47/r
76/60/c
83/71/t
92/71/pc
78/50/pc
51/34/pc
44/32/c
63/41/s
77/70/sh
62/46/c
68/48/pc
68/59/pc
52/35/pc
81/62/pc
74/65/r
87/77/t
37/31/sn
69/52/s
90/74/pc
72/58/s
76/51/pc
44/31/pc
60/46/s
57/38/t
52/35/pc
102/77/pc
81/59/pc
58/42/s
64/40/sh
78/61/pc
83/73/pc
93/67/pc
76/56/c
51/32/s
59/40/s
65/42/s
79/70/s
67/46/pc
68/44/s
71/57/s
60/38/s
69/55/c
74/63/c
88/77/c
41/31/r
71/53/s
83/71/pc
73/62/s
67/52/pc
61/40/s
57/45/c
59/37/pc
50/32/sh
INTERNATIONAL
48 contiguous states)
National high: 93°
at Death Valley, CA
National low: -8°
at Burgess Junction,
WY
Precipitation: 0.88"
at Laconia, NH
SKI REPORT
Ski resort
New snow
Mt. Bachelor
0
Mt. Hood Meadows
0
Timberline Lodge
0
Aspen / Snowmass, CO
0
Mammoth Mtn. Ski, CA
0
Rather cloudy with a
shower possible
TRAVEL WEATHER
Umatilla
73/43
Rufus
Hermiston
61/42
73/44
67/44
Arlington
Hillsboro Portland
Meacham Lostine
70/44
66/40 67/45
62/36
Wasco
62/36 Enterprise
Pendleton
The Dalles
Tillamook
60/35
63/42
69/42
Sandy
68/43
McMinnville
55/44
Joseph
Heppner
La
Grande
64/42
Maupin
Government
65/41
64/37
60/36
Camp
67/37 Condon 64/38
Union
Lincoln City
61/37
52/34
64/37
Salem
53/45
Spray
Granite
Warm Springs
66/42
Madras
69/35
Albany
55/29
Newport
Baker City
66/32
68/33
Mitchell
53/43
62/41
65/33
Camp Sherman
65/32
Redmond
Corvallis
John
Yachats
Unity
62/29
67/27
60/40
Day
Prineville
52/44
64/30
Ontario
Sisters
67/29
Paulina
65/34
72/42
Florence
Eugene 64/28
Bend Brothers 64/29
Vale
54/45
68/41
66/31
62/27
Sunriver
73/41
Nyssa
62/28
Hampton
Cottage
La Pine
74/42
Juntura
Oakridge
Grove
62/27
64/27
OREGON EXTREMES Coos Bay
Burns
71/32
64/37
69/39
Fort
Rock
55/41
67/25
Riley
YESTERDAY
Crescent
65/25
66/26
High: 79°
61/26
Bandon
Roseburg
Christmas Valley
Jordan Valley
at Scappoose
Beaver
Frenchglen
Silver
54/42
70/40
66/26
64/31
Low: 20°
Marsh
Lake
67/29
Port Orford
61/24
66/27
at Baker City
Grants
Burns Junction
Paisley
57/44
Pass
69/31
Chiloquin
68/28
76/41
Rome
Medford
62/28
Gold Beach
74/40
71/31
55/44
Klamath
Fields
Ashland
McDermitt
Lakeview
Falls
Brookings
68/31
70/40
65/25
64/28
59/42
67/24
Seaside
57/44
Cannon Beach
56/44
63°
34°
A couple of showers
possible
Rain
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
Astoria
56/45
WEDNESDAY
59°
33°
OREGON WEATHER
TEMPERATURE
Grasses
Absent
SUNDAY
56°
35°
69°
38°
Clear to partly cloudy
Bend Municipal Airport through 5 p.m. yest.
High
Low
SATURDAY
Marijuana
Continued from A11
Some studies have linked
high-THC pot, especially
when used daily, with the like-
lihood of psychosis and cer-
tain other mental health prob-
lems. But there is debate over
whether one causes the other.
Dr. Rachel Knox, an Ore-
gon physician who counsels
patients on using cannabis for
various conditions, said she
doesn’t see an increased risk
of psychosis for people using
such products under medical
oversight.
She opposes capping po-
tency but suggests that prod-
ucts containing over 70%
THC should be reserved for
medical users while research
continues.
Farm code
Continued from A11
The items must be “per-
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immediate family and cannot
pose a greater hazard than
regular farm uses.
However, HB 2611 may
encounter further revisions
now that it’s being consid-
ered by the Senate.
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“I think we should treat
it with both freedom and
with kid gloves,” says Knox,
a former chair of the Oregon
Cannabis Commission and
a board member of the Mi-
nority Cannabis Business As-
sociation, a trade group.
But Colorado pediatrician
and state Rep. Dr. Yadira Car-
aveo says she has seen the
dangers of high-THC canna-
bis.
One of her adolescent pa-
tients who used high-potency
pot daily was repeatedly hos-
pitalized with severe vomiting
linked to heavy marijuana use,
and another needed psychi-
atric hospitalization after the
drug exacerbated his mental
health problems, said Cara-
veo. She’s thinking about pro-
posing a potency cap.
“I think we should treat it
with both freedom and with
kid gloves.”
“I’m not interested in go-
ing back to criminalization,”
the Democrat says, but “the
reason that I ran, and what I
continue to do with the Legis-
lature every day, is to protect
public health.”
Various states have regu-
lated how many milligrams
of THC can be in a single
serving, package or retail
sale, at least for some prod-
ucts. Vermont took a differ-
ent approach, limiting the
percentage of the chemical in
any amount of recreational
pot — 30% for flower-form
marijuana and 60% for con-
centrates. Nationally, the U.S.
Senate’s bipartisan Caucus on
International Narcotics Con-
trol suggested last month that
federal health agencies study
whether pot potency should
be limited.
Legalization supporters say
caps will backfire.
“Consumer demand for
these products is not going to
go away, and re-criminalizing
them will only push this con-
sumer base to seek out similar
products in the unregulated
illicit market,” Paul Armen-
tano, the deputy director of
NORML, wrote in a recent
op-ed in the Denver newspa-
per Westword.
sboro, said she’d voted the bill
out of committee despite con-
cerns of building code enforc-
ers who wanted to specify that
nonfarm uses be “temporary.”
That requirement wasn’t
ultimately included in the ver-
sion of HB 2611 passed by the
House.
The Oregon Farm Bureau
preferred not to include the
“temporary” requirement be-
cause it could have arbitrarily
limited storage to six months,
while some items might need
to be stored for seven or eight
months, said Samantha Bayer,
the organization’s policy coun-
sel. Also, the temporary re-
quirement would likely “be
difficult to enforce,” she said.
— Dr. Rachel Knox, an Oregon
physician who counsels patients
on using cannabis for various
conditions
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